Today, technology is a critical component to transform and modernize government to truly create a 21st century government. For our year-end report, the GovLoop team set out to explore what technology trends shaped 2012 to help agencies meet organizational goals. The report also includes best practices, case studies, and identifies which trends will shape governmentRead… Read more »
“Keep the Change.” This was the tag line of Bank of America’s 2005 initiative to get their clients to save more. Here’s the story behind the phrase: Bank of America approached IDEO, a global design consultancy firm, with the problem of how to entice more people to open accounts. IDEO conducted observations across the countryRead… Read more »
The Call for Speakers is open for the next Sentiment Analysis Symposium, slated for May 8, 2013 in New York. The New York symposium will be the 6th, covering solutions that measure and exploit emotions, attitudes, and opinions in online, social, and enterprise sources. We typically have both research/academic and business user presentations and participation.Read… Read more »
Recently, I have created 4 New groups and am using this blog to encourage/announce as many as possible to join. Would like everyone to participate as well but definitely NOT a requirement to join. Group Name: BYOD: To Perhaps Centralize all the discussion(s) going on regarding the relative hot topic of “Bring Your Own Device”Read… Read more »
Dan Chenok Strategic Sourcing on the rise in agencies, as required by OMB: Promoting information sharing through standards-based acquisition: Two House leaders look to the future of IT in agencies: John Kamensky Do WE Do This Right? The Washington Post reports that China’s new leadership has declared that meetings should be short and to theRead… Read more »
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the issue of risk and how it relates to the idea of fearless advice and loyal implementation. Admittedly, these thoughts aren’t entirely formed yet so bear with me. When it comes to risk, we are our own worst enemy Generally speaking I feel as though civil servants over-inflateRead… Read more »
Every state and just about every county has a child support collection office responsible for enforcing Court ordered child support. Receiving child support is critical for parents with custody of children. Child support income can prevent parents from being on public assistance and it can also result in reimbursing public assistance costs. States/counties looking toRead… Read more »
This post was submitted by NCDD member John Coggin of the Institute for Emerging Issues at NC State University… We find ourselves in uncharted territory in the wake of the 2012 elections and in the face of upcoming challenges, such as improving the economy and addressing the nation’s debt. Continued polarization will lead to devastatingRead… Read more »
By ChrisScott When a handful of people from GSA became famous for waste and fraud in a lavish conference in Las Vegas, DoD was forced to peer inside a can of worms. As we grappled with providing support to two simultaneous war fronts, the increased budgets fueled an increase in Conferences by Government and otherRead… Read more »
This is the most blatant example I’ve seen about how a traditional business can adapt the internet revolution to increase value. I sat down with a high school buddy, who for the last 40 years has run a specialty instrument company. These instruments, which are globally famous, are used by labs, hospitals, and research facilitiesRead… Read more »